As a participant in competitive sports events, such as marathons and bicycle races, individuals may request sponsors whose gifts support The Blue Card as a nonprofit.

Endurance Events

Team BlueCard

Since 2009, The Blue Card has been an Official Charity Partner of the New York City Marathon, the organization joined the TD 5 Borough Bike Tour in New York City in 2011 and we are going to participate at the Panasonic Lifetime Triathlon for the very first time in 2015.
Our endurance team participants come from around the world, including Argentina, Austria, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico and South Africa. Our team received press coverage in the New York Times, The Jewish Week, New Jersey Jewish News and the Patch. Thanks to their commitment and dedication, members of Team Blue Card raised over $1,000,000 since 2009.
We have an exciting line up of sporting events in 2016 and we hope you will join us.

Join Team Blue Card to Help Holocaust Survivors!

To learn more about The Blue Card's marathon participation and bike tour, please email us at info@bluecardfund.org.

The Blue Card is a 501 (c) (3) organization and our tax ID number is 13-1623910. 100% of annual contributions made by individuals go directly to aiding needy Holocaust survivors.

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Featured Case Study

Joseph

Joseph received emergency cash assistance from The Blue Card.

Joseph is one of the very few children who survived Buchenwald. He was separated from his family at the age of six and managed to stay alive on his own until liberation. A rabbi took him to a Jewish orphanage in Lanse, Belgium to wait for papers so that he could immigrate to America. Joseph traveled on his own to the United States; unfortunately, the adoption fell through and he was sent to Cleveland, where, fortunately he was adopted by another family a few years later.

Joseph is currently 75+ years old and lives in Sagamore Hills, Ohio. He worked at a McDonalds for almost 20 years, even though his feet swelled so much he could barely walk at the end of his shift. He retired to take care of his ailing wife until her recent death. Joseph has no children, and no relatives. All he is left with his enormous grief at losing his wife. The Blue Card provided Joseph with emergency cash assistance so he that may continue living in his apartment without worrying about his monthly rent.